(April 09, 2016)
The two airmen found dead in a shooting at a military base in San Antonio were identified Saturday, as the investigation into Friday's apparent murder-suicide continued. Air Force Lt. Col. William A. Schroeder and Sgt. Steven D. ******* were found dead Friday morning at Lackland Air Force Base, a part of Joint Base San Antonio. The FBI said in a statement that ******* was a special agent for two years before resigning in 2013. The attack appeared to be a murder-suicide, Bexar County Sheriff's Office spokesman James Keith told MSNBC Friday.
Curiously, the only one armed was the attacker: who became the second 'victim' when he committed suicide .. which is probably not of much consolation to the family of the only REAL victim.
A separate account of the incident, posted Saturday morning in a blog posted on the internet and later pulled because of complaints, said that the technical sergeant had been with a senior NCO prior to the shooting. When the assailant, armed with two Glock handguns, produced a weapon, Schroeder told the senior NCO, a first sergeant, to run.The 'incident' is being described as 'work-place violence' by military officials.
During the struggle, the technical sergeant fired at the first sergeant but missed her as she fled. Schroeder then fought with the assailant and was shot three times in the arm before being shot in the head.
The real victim was not able to defend himself because American bases within CONUS (Continent of the United States) are "Gun Free Zones".
This scenario may seem familiar to some of us. Not just because it occurred at a base in America, but one sited in Texas.
Clearly, American Servicemen cannot be trusted with firearms in CONUS.
On the other hand, American Servicemen cannot be protected by American Service Units in America.
I do have some concerns about this kind of situation, as I have a family member in the service, currently assigned to a base in CONUS. Even though he is a Master-at-Arms, he does not typically go armed when he is on duty on base.
For the record .. oh, never mind. You know how appalled I am. I'm sure you are, too.
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This is just the way it is in our modern military and a fact of military life.
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